6800 ultra troubles

IndianScout · 12-04-05, 09:59 AM

a friend of mine switched cards from a 9800 pro to a 6800 ultra and he states that his box freezes up and runs like crap..

he also says that when he does the DX tests he is getting arties all over it..

I said to him that he probably still has some ATI drivers left over and that he should clean it out before sending the card back and test the card in a different box...

6800 ultra agp
Xp3200
Asus NF2 board
1G ram

whats your thoughts

newls1 · 12-04-05, 09:51 PM

Format, and start from fresh.

macatak · 12-04-05, 11:02 PM

also check he is using two independant Molex leads straight from the PSU to the card

jAkUp · 12-05-05, 01:46 AM

Yea, a format is the best option, but if that is not an option, boot into safemode, and use drivercleaner to remove all the ATI entries.

**john19055** · 12-05-05, 07:53 PM

I always do a fresh install when I put new hardware in so it does't have left overs of the other driver.because that 6800ultra will run circles around that 9800pro when he gets it set up right IMO.Plus he needs to make sure his power supply is giveing it enough juce on the 12v line.

12-04-05, 09:59 AM	#1
IndianScout Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ND Posts: 90	6800 ultra troubles a friend of mine switched cards from a 9800 pro to a 6800 ultra and he states that his box freezes up and runs like crap.. he also says that when he does the DX tests he is getting arties all over it.. I said to him that he probably still has some ATI drivers left over and that he should clean it out before sending the card back and test the card in a different box... 6800 ultra agp Xp3200 Asus NF2 board 1G ram whats your thoughts __________________ Futuremark Administration \| Punkbuster Support Intel Q6600 \| 6G DDR2 1066 \| 9800GX2 \| XFI \|2 x 500G SATA \| MX518 \| 22" LCD

12-04-05, 09:51 PM	#2
newls1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 596	Re: 6800 ultra troubles Format, and start from fresh. __________________ ASUS P5Q-PRO @ 408FSB / Q6700 @ 3.71GHz AIR COOLED / eVGA GTX295 @ 725c1585s2400mem / 4GB G.SKILL PC8500 @ DDR1025 / AUDIGY4 / WD640GB / WD80GB / 28" Hanns-G 3ms LCD

12-04-05, 11:02 PM	#3
macatak Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: QLD Australia Posts: 1,349	Re: 6800 ultra troubles also check he is using two independant Molex leads straight from the PSU to the card __________________ WinXP Home Edition SP2/Athlon 3500+Newcastle/MSI K8N Diamond/BFG7800GTX OC/Antec 550TrueControl 2.0/1GIG DDR400Kingmax/Acer AL2016W LCD/SB Live!/Audigy2 ZS

12-05-05, 01:46 AM	#4
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 17,744	Re: 6800 ultra troubles Yea, a format is the best option, but if that is not an option, boot into safemode, and use drivercleaner to remove all the ATI entries. __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 3x evga gtx 480 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64

12-05-05, 07:53 PM	#5
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: 6800 ultra troubles I always do a fresh install when I put new hardware in so it does't have left overs of the other driver.because that 6800ultra will run circles around that 9800pro when he gets it set up right IMO.Plus he needs to make sure his power supply is giveing it enough juce on the 12v line. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers